An efficient graph kernel method for non-coding RNA functional prediction.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: The importance of RNA protein-coding gene regulation is by now well appreciated. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are known to regulate gene expression at practically every stage, ranging from chromatin packaging to mRNA translation. However the functional characterization of specific instances remains a challenging task in genome scale settings. For this reason, automatic annotation approaches are of interest. Existing computational methods are either efficient but non-accurate or they offer increased precision, but present scalability problems.

Authors

  • Nicolò Navarin
    Department of Mathematics, University of Padova, Padova 35121, Italy.
  • Fabrizio Costa
    Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 106, Freiburg, 79110, Germany.